STAND. COM. REP. NO.  539-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2363

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2363, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a two-year pilot project to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of providing an alternative to incarceration by moving male and female nonviolent, low-risk drug offenders from incarceration into a coordinated system of community-based treatment programs, community organizations, and reentry support services.

The Department of Public Safety, Office of the Public Defender, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that the pilot project will serve up to 100 participants annually rather than exactly 100 participants; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2363, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2363, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair